tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814066276613177922016-09-07T21:31:01.933-07:00LibrizziAncestorsinmyheartLibrizzi is a town in the Province of Messina, Sicily. This blog is to honor my ancestors and the town where they were born.Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-19765622401520212942015-01-02T07:54:00.000-08:002015-01-04T10:24:50.682-08:00
This beautiful photo of Librizzi under a dusting of snow was taken by my cousin Melo Rifici.
(For a larger view, please click on photo)
For a fantastic video of Librizzi under the snow, taken from a drone by Michael Arlotta, please go here:
Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-19063089783464492822014-12-12T06:32:00.000-08:002014-12-12T06:32:51.227-08:00Italy has a long history of setting up Presepi at Christmas time, both at home and in public places. I just finished reading an article in the "Italian Notebook" which I find interesting and hopefully you will too.
The article titled
'Presepi in a Presepe' and is written by GB Bernardini. It is about the Presepi in a very
unusual town called Artena. Artena is near Rome in the Lazio Region. Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-64593055050209568912014-03-08T06:20:00.001-08:002014-03-08T06:20:27.785-08:00Today is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAYIn honor of this special day I
present to you Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia. Elena was the first
woman in Europe to graduate from a University. She studied and received
her degree from the University of Padua, Italy.Elena was born in
Venice on June 5, 1646. Her father, a wise man in my opinion, wanted
his daughter to be educated (a novel idea for those Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-28174222982970135402013-12-06T06:06:00.002-08:002013-12-06T06:06:45.057-08:00Francesco Politano e la sua poesia
Francesco
Politano from Amantea, Calabria, is my cousin’s husband. He is a poet,
essayist, teacher for over thirty years. As a poet, he has received a
number of awards, and has published several books of poems. The
following are the titles of some of his books:’ Il rumore del silenzio’;
‘Le parole, gli anni’; ‘Nel bosco dei palazzo’; ‘ Nell’atelier del
cuore’; ‘ Il fruscio delle cose’. HisMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-3190031129079142162013-10-18T12:11:00.001-07:002013-10-19T06:38:59.049-07:00Please help in the restoration of the Statue.
Restauro della statua secentesca di S. Michele Arcangelo di Librizzi. Contribuisci anche tu!
Please make a donation to help in the restoration of the historical statue of S. Michele Arcangelo in Librizzi. Thank you.
Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-57044599076040689282013-04-30T12:25:00.000-07:002015-11-21T16:33:49.126-08:00
1901-1968
Ognuno sta solo sul cuor della terratrafitto da un raggio di sole:ed è subito sera.
Everyone stands alone at the heart of the world,
pierced by a ray of sunlight,
and suddenly it’s evening.
These three verses constitute a whole poem written by Salvatore Quasimodo, my favorite Sicilian poet.
I identify with the sentiments expressed in this poem and after a life of many challenges IMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-21464937380229718122013-04-22T08:59:00.002-07:002013-04-22T08:59:40.218-07:00Flowers and Dedications.Here are some photos dedicated to my Librizzi relatives and friends. And of course the relatives and friends who live in nearby towns.
When I think of Librizzi in Spring, I think of Poppies and Ginestra (Broom Plants). I have not been able to grow Poppies in my area but I have succeeded to grow Ginestra.
Azaleas and Redbuds are two of the many flowers that typify the area I live in in Virginia,Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-80439461528514477362012-11-07T06:29:00.000-08:002012-11-13T07:01:38.576-08:00SONETTO or SONNET, the language of love.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-79025256413017278722012-10-04T12:44:00.001-07:002012-10-04T12:44:53.936-07:00Casa abbandonata<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-69871753203703579052012-09-27T12:44:00.000-07:002012-09-29T11:55:58.019-07:00Tindaro Gatani, un librizzese notevole.Quoted from Cronache Parlamentari
Anno XI n. 17
15 settembre 2012
I siciliani sempre in attesa di Godot
Tindaro Gatani,
messinese di nascita,
è emigrato da oltre
cinquant’anni
in Svizzera
Tindaro Gatani è un siciliano nato a Librizzi, comune in provincia di Messina, ma vive e lavora da quasi
cinquant’anni in Svizzera dove ha fatto da insegnante ai figli degli emigrati siciliani e dove per Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-2754574352288224542012-07-04T07:54:00.001-07:002012-07-04T07:56:31.553-07:00Premio Citta' del Libro
BRAVA LIBRIZZI!
I nostri progetti
Premio
Città del Libro QUARTA EDIZIONE
Online l'elenco dei vincitori!
COMUNI VINCITORI DEL PREMIO CITTA’
DEL LIBRO
IV EDIZIONE
L’ Associazione Forum del Libro
assieme al Centro per il Libro e la Lettura e a ANCI è lieta di annunciare i
risultati della quarta edizione del Premio Città del Libro.
Il Progetto Premio Città del Libro
rappresenta una Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-302054046255629412012-03-19T09:16:00.003-07:002012-03-23T05:32:36.178-07:00PhotoLIBRIZZI under two rainbows!
Germano Lo Presti, a Librizzese, took these beautiful photos and gave them to my cousin Meluccio to place on his blog. I in turn got permission to post them here.
Grazie mille Signor Lo Presti!
The area where the houses are seen in the valley is also Librizzi, it is the area where the town is expanding, while the historical part is crumbling into Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-22213886132301656072012-03-07T09:18:00.000-08:002012-03-07T09:18:53.531-08:00Librizzi Spring FloraCousin Meluccio's hobby is to photograph the wildflowers of Sicily, specifically those found in Librizzi and environs. This month he found some Arums that are spotted with purple. To our knowledge this variety has not been seen before. If anyone recognizes this version, please let me know. Thank you.
Arum is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-43693852051554207382011-12-01T14:06:00.000-08:002011-12-20T06:59:19.164-08:00Auguri di buon Natale/Merry Christmas
Charles Poerson
Ancient Echoes
Hear the echoes
of December
found as moments
you remember.
Ancient echoes
held so dear
from a time
of yesteryear.
Hear the voices
love recalls
bouncing down
remembered walls.
Ancient echoes
scenic signs
found within
some Christmastimes.
Certain moments
none compete
that still live
so tasty sweet.
Take those echoes
that you hear
and remember
ones so dear.
Ancient Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-10040969796160511752011-10-28T16:58:00.000-07:002011-10-28T16:58:47.553-07:00Beautiful LibrizziDo you want to see the real beauty of Librizzi? On your next trip to Italy please include a visit to Librizzi.
Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-78818806628538750852011-09-26T11:50:00.000-07:002011-09-26T11:58:55.166-07:00A photo by a Librizzese, Carmelo Rifici
"Ciclamino"
La mia terra ha ancora il profumo antico, ma non più la saggezza contadina
Carmelo Rifici
The photo above was accepted and published by the newspaper Repubblica, the photographer Carmelo Rifici is a Librizzese and my cousin. The cyclamen is an example of Librizzi wildflowers.
If you want to see more photos published in Repubblica please go to the following site:
http://Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-46143054122432673762011-01-12T07:17:00.000-08:002011-01-12T07:19:05.263-08:00ANGELS AND ANCESTORS
ANGELI SENZA TEMPO – TIMELESS ANGELS
Photo by Carmelo Rifici
I have had a lifelong interest in angels, they fascinate me, and they make me happy. I do not mean the spiritual presence of Angels but the iconography of angels, statues, paintings, Christmas ornaments that feature angels, anything with the form of angels. Do I worship Angels? Not really. I just like the idea of angels, and man’sMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-63503264679109990252010-12-31T12:30:00.000-08:002010-12-31T12:30:05.225-08:00Isole Eolie viste dalla Piazza Catena, Librizzi
Carmelo Rifici è l'autore della foto e immagine augurale.
Una bellissima veduta dalla Piazza Catena, Librizzi.Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-83889915227113863782010-12-21T12:22:00.001-08:002010-12-21T12:22:48.024-08:00Librizzi as a postcard
The author of the card is Carmelo RificiMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-77419901040422148392010-12-21T11:53:00.000-08:002010-12-25T14:54:47.376-08:00San MIchele Arcangelo, della Chiesa Madre di LibrizziThis is a page from Carmelo Rifici's site www.librizziacolori.eu
You will find part of this story on this site as well, in one of the posts on the Muscarà ancestors. Please note the role that Pietro and Rocco Muscarà played in the story of the statue of San Michele Arcangelo.
Home Page > indice aggiornamenti > storia > San Michele Arcangelo sei su www.librizziacolori.eu
San Michele Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-57202179034551408192010-12-12T13:58:00.000-08:002010-12-18T17:07:49.027-08:00BUON NATALEMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-10194999530213076682010-12-08T16:32:00.000-08:002010-12-08T16:32:38.427-08:00PanettoneMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-46742298186804060722010-11-18T07:18:00.000-08:002010-11-19T11:14:25.305-08:00TINDARO GATANI and his new book "La Ferula (Narthex) tra mito e storia".
The esteemed and erudite librizzese TINDARO GATANI is a historian, author, researcher, teacher at the Casa d’Italia of Zurich, collaborator at the Central Library of Zurich (Zentralbibliothek), and since 2002 capo magazziniere of the Library’s Book Storage. In June of 1989, he was awarded the title of Cavaliere al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, and in 2007 Tindaro was named Commendatore Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981406627661317792.post-29676761833157409932010-08-24T08:55:00.001-07:002010-09-21T09:13:13.285-07:00LIFE IN AMERICA
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND FILIPPO MAZZEI
On June 12, 1776, the Virginia convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by the patriot George Mason. In part, the Declaration said: “That all Men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural Rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771345055129437907noreply@blogger.com0